Track Listings (10) - Disc #1| All Artists: Spiros Exaras Title: Phrygianics Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Original Release Date: 6/1/2002 Release Date: 6/1/2002 Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 724359312828, 791022206623 |
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The Spiros Exaras World-Jazz Ensemble is a six piece band which blends jazz with the exotic rhythms, melodies and instruments of Greece. This "Greek- Jazz" band consists of some of the worlds most renowned musicians such ... more » |
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Album Description The Spiros Exaras World-Jazz Ensemble is a six piece band which blends jazz with the exotic rhythms, melodies and instruments of Greece. This "Greek- Jazz" band consists of some of the worlds most renowned musicians such as pianist Henry Hey, bassist Matthew Garrison, drummer Gene Lake, percussionist/vocalist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, and clarinetist Lefteris Bournias. Under the direction of Spiros Exaras, the band has created "Phrygianics", a rich mixture of syncopated middle -eastern rhythms, jazz melodies and unique arrangements all blended together to make the hypnotic grooves of "Phrygianics Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsSix men improvising for you Frances Huntington | Third stone from the stone, Brisbane, QLD Australi | 01/02/2004 (4 out of 5 stars) "Who said there was nothing new under the sun? I give thanks every day to whatever turned me on to Ivo Papasov and these chaps are almost in the same category. Their scene is improvising electric/acoustic jazz with a taste of the leader's Greece. Exaras was born in Thessaloniki in the Macedonia prefecture of Greece, not far from fabled Thrace, the home of history's Orpheus. His instruments are the hollow body and classical guitars and his head is not in Missisippi. Oh no, he is an improviser who listens and plays in a style a little like george Benson and a lot like himself. It works quite nicely with Exaras, clarinetist Bournias and percussionist Tuncboyacian providing the Balkans taste. Bournias even trots out the zurna, a double reed Balkans bagpipe.I won't go on and on about the CD. If it sounds like your thing, buy it." Outstanding katsageorgi Yanna | Greece | 06/23/2002 (5 out of 5 stars) "This album has a very fresh and unique sound.This album establishes a new style in jazz,because it combines the well-known jazz music with the raw melodic lines and instruments of the whole Balkan area.
I also like the great painting work of the cover. I think it is an outstanding production and it has to be heard from a wider audience." |
